vsimo Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hi, My name is Vic and i live in Rockhampton. I have an insulated shed for a fish and hobby room with 12 freshwater planted tanks of various sizes. My main interests at the moment are gouramis, tetras, small american cichlids (Keyholes and Bolivian Rams). I also have some Africans, Electric Yellows, African Butterfly Cichlids and Kribensis which are left over from past must haves. This past couple of weeks an outbreak of some kind of internal and external parasites is killing my Neons and Black Neons. I have tried Pimafix and Melafix treatments with no luck and am waiting on an order of Myxazin from Age of Aquariums to hit the blighters with. I have been reading through the posts on this forum over the last few days and the information and camaderie is fantastic. Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hi Vic, Do they get a white saddle on back? A skin scrape and microscope is a good place to start if you think it's an external parasite. Winston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotzy Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Welcome to the forum vic plenty of good fisho around rocky. let us know how you with the outbreak. might have some spare meds if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsimo Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hi Vic,Do they get a white saddle on back? A skin scrape and microscope is a good place to start if you think it's an external parasite. Winston Winston, Hope i am replying in the right manner, not used to how it works yet. The things on the Neons start out as breaks in the colour and progress to several white to light pink lumps on the body. The Black Neons have no external signs but start swimming erratically and lying on their sides. When they die a hole appears in the belly area as if something has bored out. I do not own a microscope as I have never had problems like this with my fish in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsimo Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Welcome to the forum vic plenty of good fisho around rocky. let us know how you with the outbreak. might have some spare meds if needed Thanks, Gotzy. Never seen this kind of outbreak before so don't know what I am dealing with. I have replied to Winston with the symptoms and any help is much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Hi Vic, without a microscope to visually confirm, we are just guessing as it could be protozoan, bacterial, viral or fungal issues. Blindly medicating has its own set of issues. Are you using a hospital tank? How many fish do you have left? Can you take some photos? Erratic swimming before death often indicates chemical toxicity but this is unlikely to be species specific. Winston Edited January 21, 2015 by aquaholic99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsimo Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hi Vic, without a microscope to visually confirm, we are just guessing as it could be protozoan, bacterial, viral or fungal issues. Blindly medicating has its own set of issues. Are you using a hospital tank? How many fish do you have left? Can you take some photos? Erratic swimming before death often indicates chemical toxicity but this is unlikely to be species specific. Winston Winston, I took some photos of the Neons and have tried reading up on how to upload them with no luck ( obviously a bit old and thick, me I mean) however in the photos it looks like a saddle on the back of the fish. No point in taking photos of the black Neons, they have no symptoms, one will just start lying on its side and swimming erratically. I am using a hospital tank as soon as I notice any sick fish. The Corydoras in the tank are starting to act funny, swimming continuously which is unusual and going up into the plants instead of staying on the bottom. The tank also has some Rummy Nose Tetras and a couple of Flying Fox Sharks in it and they are showing no affects. Until recently I was treating the tank with Easy-Life Alg Exit for black beard algae. I was also treating a couple of other tanks with no problems. If I can work out the process of uploading photos I will give it a go. Thanks, Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 My email is aquaholic99@hotmail.com if that's easier? I'm overseas at the moment though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vsimo Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Winston, I made an album called Sick Neons with some photos. Not the best of quality but hopefully of some use. Thanks again, Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heintz.G Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hi Vic, Sounds like it could be Neon tetra disease click the link and have a read Neon Tetra & FNT Disease; Sporozoan Fish Infection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
